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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Japan Herald.com http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/2411cd3571b4f088/ en-us Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:14:55 -0400 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:14:55 -0400 30 US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is in Afghanistan after flying out on an unannounced trip. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384105/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:08:37 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384105/cs/1/ Indonesia has executed three convicted murderers, including a mother and son. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384104/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:07:11 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384104/cs/1/ In Australia, Pope Benedict XVI has apologised for the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384062/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:52:31 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384062/cs/1/ The withdrawal of American troops from Iraq has been the point of discussion for US President George Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383955/cs/1/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:46:05 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383955/cs/1/ Two French aid workers have been kidnapped in Afghanistan. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383952/cs/1/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:39:40 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383952/cs/1/ One the largest mobile cranes in the US has collapsed at a Houston, Texas oil refinery, killing four workers and injuring seven others. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383953/cs/1/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:41:35 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383953/cs/1/ The first suspect to be handed over to the Yugoslavia war crimes tribunal in The Hague will be released on the weekend. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383951/cs/1/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:37:22 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383951/cs/1/ The conflict between Georgia and its breakaway region of Abkhazia is still raw after a German solution was rejected by separatists. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383950/cs/1/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:35:50 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383950/cs/1/ German officials have charged an 89-year-old former Nazi officer with murder, over the killing of 14 civilians in Italy during World War II. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383949/cs/1/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:34:11 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383949/cs/1/ An interfaith conference which has been held in Madrid during the week has ended on a bad note with Muslims and Jews involved in a political argument. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383948/cs/1/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:29:32 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383948/cs/1/ Israeli intelligence says it has arrested six people suspected of links to al-Qaida, including one who allegedly inquired about shooting down a helicopter carrying U.S. President George Bush. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383943/cs/1/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:17:35 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383943/cs/1/ Beijing, July 19 (Xinhua) Two 25-year-olds are leading Russia's pursuit for a third straight win in synchronised swimming competitions at the Beijing Olympics. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384215/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:01:11 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384215/cs/1/ Beijing, July 19 (Xinhua) Chinese swimmer twins Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting from the southwest Sichuan province want to assuage the grief of their earthquake-hit hometown by winning a medal in the Olympics Games next month. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384214/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:01:08 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384214/cs/1/ There was some cheer as the Royal & Ancient Golf moved the tees forward on the three holes at Birkdale following weather reports that the wind was expected to pick up and reach as much as 48 miles an hour at times. The three toughest holes this week have been the 6th, 11th and 16th. Even in their shortened forms, this trio of par-4s, which are respectively first, second and third hardest, will still present a tough challenge. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384212/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:01:04 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384212/cs/1/ Scotland's Paul Lawrie was one of six former Open champions who made his exit at the midway stage of the 137th British Open here Friday. His second round of 73, married to 77 Friday left him 10-over and adrift of the cut which came at nine-over. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384211/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:01:01 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384211/cs/1/ Chris Wood, a 20-year-old amateur from Bristol, and Thomas Sherreard, 19-year-old from Maidstone, held the flag up for British amateurs even as the professionals struggled in windy links conditions at Royal Birkdale. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384210/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:00:58 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384210/cs/1/ Malasawmfela shot in four goals to help the India under-16 football team beat West Virginia Olympic Development Programme Team 10-0 in a practice match here. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384209/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:00:56 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384209/cs/1/ Indian batsmen struggled against Board President's XI on a wet and soggy day at A Club ground here Saturday in their only warm-up game before the first Test against Sri Lanka. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384208/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:00:51 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384208/cs/1/ Beijing, July 19 (Xinhua) Veteran Chinese table tennis player Wang Nan is excited about her Olympic appearance at home and hopes to cap it with a gold medal. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384201/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:00:24 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384201/cs/1/ Opening blocked arteries with stents through the arm rather than the leg is safer and reduces bleeding complications, but doctors still prefer the more conventional method, says a US study co-authored by an Indian origin researcher. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384174/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:02:42 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384174/cs/1/ A little exercise or 'resistance training' to strengthen muscles goes a long way in keeping older men fit as a fiddle, according to a study by University of Queensland. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384166/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:02:33 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384166/cs/1/ Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz has completed 21 years as member of British parliament, the longest tenure by an Asian. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384164/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:02:29 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384164/cs/1/ Moscow, July 19 (RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called on Iran to fully cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over its nuclear programme, the Kremlin press service said. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384162/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:02:24 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384162/cs/1/ More than a million Americans who attend the Alcoholics Anonymous programme end up by drinking more coffee and smoking more cigarettes than the general population. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384160/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:02:22 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384160/cs/1/ Moscow, July 19 (RIA Novosti) Russia will sign an agreement with China early next week handing over control of two disputed islands to its communist neighbour. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384158/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:02:18 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384158/cs/1/ If you are in Britain and if your dustbin is untidy, if the rubbish inside exceeds a certain weight, or if the bin is not at a proper place, and so forth, chances are the local councils will not collect your rubbish. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384156/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:02:14 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384156/cs/1/ Beijing, July 19 (Xinhua) Georgina and Caroline Swindell are twin sisters known to almost everybody in their home country New Zealand for their excellent performances in rowing in the past decade. They will come to the Olympics with high expectations of adding to their kitty. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384154/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:02:00 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384154/cs/1/ British Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived in Iraq Saturday on an unannounced visit, according to Iraq's state television. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384148/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:01:51 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384148/cs/1/ Geneva, July 19 (Xinhua) The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has ruled against China over its imported auto parts dispute saying Chinese taxes violated WTO rules. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384137/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:01:20 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384137/cs/1/ Islamabad, July 19 (Xinhua) Pakistan and India will hold the next round of their composite dialogue in New Delhi Monday to discuss issues ranging from Kashmir to trade promotion, Pakistan's foreign ministry said. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384130/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:00:58 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384130/cs/1/ European researchers are working on mathematical foundations of programming to create fault free software in the future. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384124/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:00:38 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384124/cs/1/ Aptos (California) July 19 (IANS) A tired Prakash Amritraj went down fighting to Italian Andrea Stoppini in a thrilling quarterfinal match of the $75,000 Aptos Challenger tennis tournament here. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384112/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:00:17 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384112/cs/1/ British citizenship values will soon be taught in the country's Muslim schools while an independent Muslim panel will discuss concerns, including the veil, coming in the way of community relations between them and non-Muslim Britons. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384103/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:01:21 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384103/cs/1/ The HIV-I virus virtually knocks out the immune system much faster than previously thought. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384102/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:01:19 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384102/cs/1/ A woman who went into depression because her boss repeatedly criticised her big breasts has been awarded a compensation of 30,000 pounds ($60,000) by an employment tribunal. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384101/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:01:15 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384101/cs/1/ Long before symptoms become visible in Alzheimer's, specific proteins in the blood and spinal fluid begin to drop off, that could then be used as biomarkers to track its progression. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384099/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:01:12 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384099/cs/1/ Unprecedented inflation in Pakistan has hit common people very hard with petrol having risen by 46 percent in the last three months, food items by 30-50 percent and rice by more than 100 percent. While the government has launched schemes to help the poor, many people have committed suicide in despair. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384097/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:01:06 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384097/cs/1/ Loud music predisposes people to drink more and to drink more quickly at a bar, according to a study. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384090/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:00:59 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384090/cs/1/ Football clubs have received a stern warning from the ruling body FIFA and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that they must release players for the Beijing Games. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384088/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:00:54 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384088/cs/1/ Obese workers are not lazier, emotionally unstable and harder to get along with than their thinner colleagues, says a new study that demolishes some of the stereotypes about such people. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384084/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:00:49 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384084/cs/1/ Flags, banners, leaflets or any material promoting political or commercial causes will be banned from venues holding the Olympic equestrian events in Hong Kong, a media report said Saturday. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384080/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:00:43 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384080/cs/1/ Former winner James Blake and second-seed Gilles Simon paced the quarter-final field at the Indianapolis Tennis Championships with the 2006 champion crushing his Taiwanese opponent to advance. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384076/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:00:39 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384076/cs/1/ A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit northern and central Japan Saturday morning , the Japan Meteorological Agency said. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384074/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:00:36 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384074/cs/1/ British sprint sensation Mark Cavendish recorded his fourth stage win of the 2008 Tour de France as doping continued to dominate the race. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384070/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:00:20 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384070/cs/1/ The racism row between London police chief Ian Blair and his seniormost deputy of Asian origin Tarique Ghaffur has taken another turn with the former threatening to strip the officer of his command if he went ahead with his libel suit against the force. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384065/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:00:08 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384065/cs/1/ Oscar winner Meryl Streep is critical of celebrity parents who sell their baby's pictures for money since she thinks privacy is more important then the money made. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384000/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:00:30 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/384000/cs/1/ As the new republic of Nepal Saturday embarks on its first presidential election to replace dethroned king Gyanendra as head of state, the fear of re-poll casts a dark cloud with the major parties still at loggerheads over the presidential candidates. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383999/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:00:27 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383999/cs/1/ Welsh singer Duffy has been chosen to sing the theme song for the upcoming movie 'How to Lose Friends and Alienate People'. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383998/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:00:25 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383998/cs/1/ Hollywood filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro has promised fans that he will not copy 'Lord of the Rings' director Peter Jackson while filming 'The Hobbit'. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383996/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:00:16 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383996/cs/1/ Greek shipping heir Paris Latsis is producing films involving actors like Kevin Costner, Cameron Diaz and Ricky Gervais. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383995/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:00:12 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383995/cs/1/ British actor Ewan McGregor is moving to Los Angeles with his family although he had earlier vowed never to leave his London home, where he has lived for 10 years. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383993/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:00:02 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383993/cs/1/ A groundbreaking inter-faith conference here has called for a global dialogue between religions as a means of fighting terrorism. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383980/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:00:16 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383980/cs/1/ US President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki agreed to set a 'time horizon' for the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq, but remained firm that pullouts will only take place as security improves, the White House said. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383976/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:00:02 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383976/cs/1/ Beijing, July 19 (Xinhua) Beijing health chiefs are insisting they will create public awareness and use persuasion to discourage smoking in public places, rather than use spot fines to enforce a ban to refurbish the city's image during the Olympic Games next month. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383970/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:40 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383970/cs/1/ US stocks defied a week of gloomy predictions and controversial financial decisions by US officials, bouncing back by Friday after a slump Monday and Tuesday. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383967/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:13 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383967/cs/1/ Asian superstar Kyung-Ju Choi grabbed the sole lead with back-to-back birdies at the finish, even as the 'Honeymooning Shark' Greg Norman lurked close by, just one shot behind at the midway stage of the British Open at the Royal Birkdale Friday. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383945/cs/1/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:00:12 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383945/cs/1/ India did not remove all ambiguities about its nuclear inspection agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), agency member states said after a briefing with a senior Indian official Friday. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383944/cs/1/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:00:02 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383944/cs/1/ U.S. officials say President George Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki have discussed the possibility of a general timeframe for reducing the number of U.S. combat troops in Iraq. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383942/cs/1/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:07:45 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/383942/cs/1/ KANTARALAK, Thailand – Thailand and Cambodia sent troops and heavy guns on Saturday to their disputed border, where hundreds of soldiers faced off for a fifth day over an ancient Hindu temple. ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16292362/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:32:32 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16292362/ SRINAGAR, India – A bomb exploded near an army convoy in Indian Kashmir on Saturday, killing at least seven soldiers and wounding 20 others, a police official said. The bomb was apparently bu... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16292518/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:32:33 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16292518/ BEIJING – Beijing opened two new subway lines on Saturday, delayed from a planned late-June start but just in time to carry passengers banned from their cars as the capital tries to clean up its... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16292376/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:32:28 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16292376/ A pilot has been praised for his bravery after the mid-air rescue of an Army parachutist whose lines became tangled in the undercarriage of his plane. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16293805/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:32:40 -0400 Sky News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16293805/ VIENNA, Austria – Austrian authorities have ordered a new round of medical and psychiatric tests to determine whether a suspected Nazi is healthy enough to be extradited to Croatia to stand tria... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16293974/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:32:27 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16293974/ Police divers, tipped off by a report of an unoccupied life vest and a water scooter nearby, are searching a Merrick marina for the possibility that a person went missing in the water, Nassau County p... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16293495/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:53:19 -0400 Newsday http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16293495/ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – A tour operator says Pakistani rescuers have spotted two Italian mountaineers on one of the world's deadliest peaks. A third Italian climber with them is believed to have d... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16292583/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:32:26 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16292583/ SEOUL, South Korea – A fire official says the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church, is among 14 people who were injured in a helicopter crash in South Korea. Fire offici... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16293975/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:32:31 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16293975/ DIYARBAKIR, Turkey – Ten members of the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were killed in clashes with Turkish military forces in southeastern Turkey late on Friday, security sources said ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16292714/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:32:30 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16292714/ Ali's Fur tribe (Darfur means "House of the Fur") is one of three named in the indictment as being targets of the violence. But what is happening in the western territory of Sudan is just one chapter ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16293037/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:05:09 -0400 Associated Press http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16293037/ NEW: Tropical storm watch canceled for part of coastline NEW: System could drop 5 inches of rain along Carolina coast NEW: Depression will be named Cristobal if it becomes tropical storm Hurricane Ber... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16293013/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:14:37 -0400 CNN http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16293013/ MUMBAI, India (AP) -- That one time, hanging out the open door of the crowded train was lucky for Mahendra Pitale. Had he been sitting inside the train car, the 34-year-old sculptor almost certainly w... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16293036/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:05:08 -0400 Associated Press http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16293036/ The US warned Tehran that it must choose between co-operation and confrontation and give up sensitive nuclear work after high-level talks in Geneva made little progress. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16293804/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:32:42 -0400 Sky News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16293804/ Last month, Anglican conservatives -- frustrated that Williams hasn't done more to keep the U.S. church and other liberal Anglicans in line with traditional Bible teaching -- formed a new global churc... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16293676/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:14:20 -0400 CNN http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16293676/ GENEVA : Attempts to persuade Iran to give up its nuclear programme have made "insufficient" progress, the EU's diplomatic chief Javier Solana said Saturday following high-level talks in Geneva. "Ther... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16292538/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:13:54 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16292538/ HARARE : Zimbabwe's opposition was Saturday gearing up to ink an agreement that paves the way for fully-fledged talks on the country's crisis after the African Union and UN agreed to help bolster the ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16292305/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:13:52 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16292305/ Mexico City: A package of baby diapers yielded an unlikely load in Mexico, according to the defence ministry: nearly half a million dollars in cash. Soldiers conducting a routine check on Friday &quot... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16293916/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:10:06 -0400 Gulf News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16293916/ Rio de Janeiro: Hundreds of baby penguins swept from Antarctica and Patagonia are washing up dead on Rio de Janeiro's tropical beaches, experts said on Saturday. While it is common here to find some p... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16293915/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:10:05 -0400 Gulf News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16293915/ CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Archaeologists will excavate hundreds of fragments of an ancient Egyptian wooden boat entombed in an underground chamber next to Giza's Great Pyramid and try to reassemble the cra... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291153/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:28:09 -0400 Associated Press http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291153/ Billy Joel wearing a Wells Fargo pin, a pin that was given to the Beatles by Wells Fargo and Paul McCartney during the "Last Play at Shea" at Shea Stadium on July 16, 2008 in Queens, NY. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291529/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:16:19 -0400 Newsday http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291529/ First she got an order of protection. Now Circles the pet Pekin duck is doing as some other victims of violence have done: She is leaving Long Island. The yellow-billed bird from Mastic was not pre... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291530/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:16:17 -0400 Newsday http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291530/ "The mother and her babies are doing very well," reported the Fondation Lenval hospital. There had been rumours the star would make her exit by helicopter from the roof of the hospital in Nice. But ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291832/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:56:12 -0400 Sky News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291832/ Helicopter carrying 16 people crashes into side of mountain in South Korea The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, 13 others injured, fire official says Moon founded the Unification Church in 1950s http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291140/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:38:24 -0400 CNN http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291140/ HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Zimbabwe's troubled central bank introduced new $100 billion banknotes Saturday in a desperate bid to ease the recurrent cash shortages plaguing the inflation-ravaged economy... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16290412/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:38:19 -0400 CNN http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16290412/ The 600ft crane fell onto a tent where workers took their breaks at the LysondellBasell refinery in Houston, Texas. The incident follows two recent deadly http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291831/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:56:07 -0400 Sky News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291831/ A senior Iranian official ruled out a freeze in uranium enrichment ahead of talks in Geneva on Tehran's nuclear programme attended for the first time by a senior US official.Keyvan Imani's comments un... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16290685/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:54 -0400 The Guardian http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16290685/ Accord Front votes to appoint 6 members to Cabinet posts Includes new deputy prime minister Rafeh al-Issawi Parliament also approves 4 independents to fill posts vacated by Sadrists U.S., Iraq: Inclus... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291701/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:38:07 -0400 CNN http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291701/ Throughout the 1980s, the Reagan administration operated an open-door policy for African dictators and the racist apartheid regime in South Africa. Ronald Reagan's "constructive engagement" policy in ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16290402/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:41:55 -0400 The Guardian http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16290402/ BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Former Colombian rebel captive John Freddy Diaz knows something that recently freed hostages may just be discovering: The pain of a kidnapping doesn't end with liberation. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291152/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:28:08 -0400 Associated Press http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291152/ Srinagar: At least five Indian soldiers were killed and over 20 wounded on Saturday when their vehicle ran over a landmine near Kashmir's main city, police said. They said the army bus was badly damag... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291952/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:33:39 -0400 Gulf News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291952/ Diyarbakir: Six members of the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were killed in a clash with Turkish military forces in southeastern Turkey late on Friday, security sources said. The firefight ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291953/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:33:33 -0400 Gulf News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291953/ Kabul: US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama visited Afghanistan on Saturday to talk to Nato commanders and US troops about the war. Obama made Afghanistan the first stop on an overseas tr... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291955/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:33:29 -0400 Gulf News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291955/ San Francisco: Fire crews on Friday had extinguished all but 38 of the more than 2,000 blazes ignited in California over the past month, allowing most mandatory evacuations to be lifted so residents c... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291956/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:33:27 -0400 Gulf News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291956/ HARARE (Reuters) - South African President Thabo Mbeki has proposed forming a team drawn from regional bodies and the United Nations to help him mediate in the worsening crisis in neighboring Zimbabwe... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291087/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:28:40 -0400 Reuters http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16291087/ BEIJING (AP) -- Beijing's Olympic shutdown begins Sunday, a drastic plan to lift the Chinese capital's gray shroud of pollution just three weeks ahead of the games. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16288824/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:36:09 -0400 Associated Press http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16288824/ An eye surgeon in Hawaii has reported the results of a delightful study in which he played live classical piano music to some of his patients in the operating room before surgery. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16288132/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:43:54 -0400 The Guardian http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16288132/ Sen. Barack Obama arrives in Afghanistan for first stop of global tour Obama's visit comes as U.S. officials want to send more troops to region Obama also expected to visit several countries in Middle... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16287995/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:40:32 -0400 CNN http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16287995/ Sen. Barack Obama arrives in Afghanistan for first stop of global tour Obama's visit comes as U.S. officials want to send more troops to region Obama also expected to visit several countries in Middle... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16289620/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:40:20 -0400 CNN http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16289620/ Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan today as part of a world tour designed to burnish his foreign policy credentials in his bid for the White House.The Democratic presidential candidate left the US ye... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16287982/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:43:52 -0400 The Guardian http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16287982/ BAGHDAD (AP) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown held talks Saturday with Iraqi leaders less than a week after the announcement of expected British troop cuts in southern Iraq. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16288823/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:36:08 -0400 Associated Press http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16288823/ Iraq's leaders and David Petraeus, the American general who has led the military "surge" over the past year.Amid tight security, the prime minister flew by RAF Puma helicopter into Baghdad's "green zo... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16289705/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:43:50 -0400 The Guardian http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16289705/ An aide confirmed Senator Obama had landed at Kabul airport. Robert Gibbs, said Mr Obama left the United States on Thursday and stopped first in Kuwait, where he visited troops. Before departing for... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16289713/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:59:09 -0400 Sky News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/16289713/